What makes Turn It Around by Sub Focus notable?

The original single reached the UK Singles Chart, extending Sub Focus’s crossover presence beyond drum-and-bass clubs. Its remix package also shows how the same song could be recast for different dance floors, from MK’s house approach to TC’s drum-and-bass treatment. Released in 2013, this remix selection accompanied a single from Sub Focus’s second album, Torus, the follow-up to his self-titled 2009 debut. The original paired the UK producer with Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke, bringing a rock vocalist into his club-oriented sound.

How many songs are on Turn It Around?

Turn It Around has 3 tracks, running approximately 16 minutes.

Turn It Around

Sub Focus · 2013

16 min · 3 tracks · drum and bass

Kele’s vocal is refracted through house grooves and bass-heavy drum-and-bass momentum across three contrasting remixes.

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Turn It Around (MK dub) — MK’s dub shifts the song toward house, giving the groove more room to develop across the selection’s longest mix.
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Turn It Around (TC remix) — TC brings the song back toward drum and bass, using the faster rhythmic framework to give its vocal hook a more urgent setting.
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Turn It Around (Jacob Plant remix) — Jacob Plant’s version places the song in a bass-heavy club context, offering a contrast to both MK’s extended house treatment and TC’s drum-and-bass approach.

Where this album fits

In the catalog: Deep Cut — A companion remix EP that extends a Torus single into club-oriented reinterpretations rather than defining a core alb...
Career context: Released in 2013, this remix selection accompanied a single from Sub Focus’s second album, Torus, the follow-up to his self-titled 2009 debut. The original paired the UK producer with Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke, bringing a rock vocalist into his club-oriented sound.
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Moments worth listening for

Where the writing does something specific.

Turn It Around (TC remix)

The refrain repeats an instruction to reverse course, returning to that appeal after the verses.

The imperative gives the hook the directness of a call to action rather than a retrospective account.